Back in elementary, my favorite band was Metallica. Even when I caused trouble in jr high/high school and my mom sold a lot of my 'bad' cds (nirvana, slayer etc). she let me keep Metallica at least.
I've toured the whole music scene, listening to about every type of modern music there is ... but I still find myself returning to powerful metal bands like Bolt Thrower, Rammstein, S.O.D., and so many others I can't even think to list.

In the age of Jew-produced, MTV-forced pop crap, it's nice to know there are still true musicians who can play like no others

In general, metal is a good form of music and subculture for young white males who find themselves at odds with society. Metal began with Black Sabbath who started the revolt against the counterculture which had since become the status quo. Right now the genre is in a period of stagnation where most of it has whored itself out to society for money and acceptance while the rest is clonish, derivative, and pointless at this time. It seems like it's decayed in much the same way punk/hardcore did in the 80s.

I disagree with balancedben. Metal has in actuality moved farther away from cosmopolitan music with bad values such as rock. I don't consider "nu metal", "rapcore", or any of that stuff to actually be metal. I also disagree that metal's true roots are in the blues (which, btw, is another cosmopolitan music form, which whites are as much responsible for as blacks) because it arose as a rejection or rebellion against rock. The genre has gradually moved away from it blues/rock origins over time although it has been partially re-assimilated back into mainstream cosmopolitan 'rebellion' youth music. The most evolved forms of metal, black metal and death metal, at their best are very far away from rock and actually comes closer to primitive neoclassical music. For contemporary music of traditional European inspiration there's also ambient (Tangerine Dream, Lustmord, biosphere, Brian Eno), synthpop (Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Bjork), progressive (King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Faust), neofolk (Blood Axis, Isengard, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud) and stuff which is just unclassifiable like Dead Can Dance. Concerning metal, this is the most informative site on the web: http://www.anus.com/metal/

On the other hand, metalheads tend to have low self-esteem and can be socially awkward or withdrawn. They tend to be more self-conscious than most people and many of them are bitter, self-pitying, and hate life. They're similar to skinheads and punks in many respects but better I think because as a group they're more intelligent and creative despite their inner failings.

Heavy metal really isn't a white man's invention. It evolved when Jimmy Page took the black man's blues, blasted it through an amplifier, and got a white man to sing the lyrics. If it weren't for Muddy Waters, we wouldn't have Iron Maiden etc. etc. The blues is the ONLY thing of value ever produced by a black man.

My guitar teacher told me that blacks actually came up with blues by trying to emulate the music they heard white people listening to back in the good ol' days of slavery. He showed me that the basic blues chord progressions are actually related to old church music. The negroes just put their spin on things since they didn't have any formal training and had to do everything by ear. Think about it...Rap sounds much more like the jungle music that negroes in Africa play than the blues does. Blues sounds nothing like real African music.
If you look at it that way, the roots of metal are actually white. Plus, a lot of metal features scales and progressions which are really classical in nature.

Metal is at least as bad as rap music. Both types of "music" insult the ears and demonstrate NO talent. Anyone can scream, bang a guitar, or play a record backwards and chant vulgar poems. Metal is exactly the same as rap. The only difference is that metal is bad white "music" and rap is bad black "music".

I agree with much of what has already been posted here. Nu Metal is crap. Rap core is crap. Old Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Yngwie, etc... is still good 'though. Metallica suffers from over exposure and lack of direction... They have a case of artistic, Been there, Done that... I do think that most men mature to a point where one may still like it, but not as much as they did when they were 16. I also agree with Europe Endless in the that the metal band members often have developmental problems, to say the least. I would have to say that I would prefer a child into metal to one into cRAP.

Metal is at least as bad as rap music. Both types of "music" insult the ears and demonstrate NO talent. Anyone can scream, bang a guitar, or play a record backwards and chant vulgar poems. Metal is exactly the same as rap. The only difference is that metal is bad white "music" and rap is bad black "music".

I used to say the same thing until I actually listened to some heavy metal.
While there is plenty music categorized as "heavy metal" in which the bands "scream, bang a guitar, or play a record backwards and chant vulgar poems", there are plenty of metal bands that are far from that.
Playing good heavy metal, far from demonstrating "NO talent" actually requires a lot of talent and years of training. Many of the scales and chord progressions in metal are classically based and many good metal singers have backrounds that include opera training.

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Bands that define heavy for me are the classics...
Sabbath,Priest,Maiden,Mercyful Fate,Slayer,Metallica,etc...
I'll throw Venom in there as well. They had a good gimmick going.
I'm actually listening to Maidens' "Hallowed Be Thy Name" as I type,
and it still sounds good after all these years. Up the irons!